[Stoat]

 

 

Macho men: Stars such as Sean Connery, left, and Kirk Douglas, right, were considered pin-ups in the 1950s and 60s
 

Although the change occurs for just a few days each month, it could be enough to influence the fashions of the day.

If the theory is right, it could partly explain the shifting in tastes from macho 1950s and 1960s stars such as Kirk Douglas and Sean Connery to the more wimpy stars of today, such as Johnny Depp and Russell Brand.
 

 

Women's attraction to 'boyish' stars such as Johnny Depp, left, and Russell Brand may be due to hormones in the contraceptive pill


 

 

[absolootezer0]

Women's attraction to 'boyish' stars such as Johnny Depp,

ask a woman which johnny depp character she thinks is the most attractive, and it won't be wonka or crybaby. more likely one of his more masculine roles.

[ScottinVA]

[married21]

Ok, I’ve met a few white and asian girls who like Johnny Depp, and they tend to be a bit shy. Not gonna see them in anything strapless, for example.

But there are also a whole lot of really buff guys around, who certainly do have wives and girlfriends. And the rap artists are frequently really muscular, and often shaved bald, which has been perceived as a really virile, macho look.

I’m guessing that there are two cultural movements. There are the really macho dudes are with the really Barbie women, and both are in the mode of “vive la difference”. And then there are the euro-cool people who like the girls to have extremely straight hair and minimal curves and the boys to have pretty much the same.

Can anybody get back to some balance on this? Can’t there be a place for people who like being manly or womanly, without going overboard with the workouts or the surgeries?

[gardengirl]

Hey! What do you mean “were considered” ? LOL

I still drop everything—literally—when I hear Sean Connery or John Wayne or...

[wardaddy]

no doubt men are more feminine...even thugs..at least the white ones ...are less masculine looking

i think deep inside women want a man who will be the man...it ain’t complicated